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rials, razes our cemetery walls, and often in the place 

 where golden corn corps cover the earth, the dense stalks 

 are drawing nourishment for us from soil which has 

 been nourished in its turn by the dead bodies of our 

 human forefathers. 



The appearance of new suns is a phenomenon that 

 has been remarked by astronomers of all ages and the 

 predecessors of the so-called Star of Bethlehem prognos- 

 ticated to appear in 1892 were only new suns visible in 

 the constellation of Cassiopeia. Where these celestial mo- 

 narchs are now we cannot tell but no doubt they are 

 vivifying surrounding space and bringing into existence 

 new worlds, at the same time perfecting their own pla- 

 nets with their satellites. 



Many are called but few chosen says Holy Scripture, 

 and this may be applied also to cosmic progress. Not 

 all the asteroids we see upon our horizon are destined 

 to develop into suns. Only the more mighty of the globes 

 in space can claim such cosmic preference. It we analyse 

 our own solar system we find in the sun's suite of satel- 

 lites 8 planets, 21 moons, and 300 asteroids, making a 

 total of 329 subordinate spheres. This calculation also we 

 must remember includes only those bodies of which we 

 know, and who can tell how many more may roll in 

 space around our sun of which science has .never heard. 

 And. generally, in cosmic space there are incalculable 

 myriads of independent stars, themselves not suns. 



Having thus traced the origin and career of solar 

 orbs, let us turn to the current theories of our natural 

 scientists and see how far these theories can be applied 

 to the facts of cosmic life. Noting the gradual passage 

 of celestial orbs from less perfect to more perfect sta- 

 tes, we see at once that the doctrine of natural selection 

 promulgated by Darwin is fully confirmed, whilst the 

 dogma oi struggle for existence receives no application 

 at all. Even in the life of the animal kingdom upon earth, 

 this latter dogma is applicable only to particular indivi- 

 dual instances, and the struggle for existence is no gene- 



